Hybrid Composite. Effects of Particulate Cow Bone and Snail Shell on the Properties of Reinforced Epoxy Composites

      Аннотация: The purpose of this work aimed at discovering filled epoxy with superior properties using naturally occurring particulate:cowbone, snail shell and hybrid (combination of cowbone and snail shell). The tensile and impact of cowbone, snail shell and hybrid IJSERreinforced composites were evaluated. The reinforcement(cow bone and snail shell) were ground separately and sieved using 38microns sieve shaker. Cow bone and snail shell particles reinforced with epoxy (CBRPC and SSRPC) was prepared by varying the cow bone and snail shell particles from 0-25 wt% with 5 wt% intervals. The specimens were prepared using epoxy resin with different compositions and prepared in accordance with ASTM standard. The reinforcement by high strength fibers provides the polymer substantially enhanced mechanical properties and makes them more suitable for a large number of diverse applications. The results revealed that mechanical properties did not increase uniformly with additions in filler but exhibited maximum properties at specific percentages of filler additions. From elemental composition analysis of both cowbone and snail shell, it was discovered that snail shell has larger percentage composition.

Ключевые слова: Composite, Snail shell, Cow bone, Epoxy, XRF, Hybrid, particulate